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Sun Linux update for XFree86
Secunia Advisory: SA9207
Release Date: 2003-07-08
Popularity: 6,266 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Sun Linux 5.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Sun has issued updated packages for XFree86, which fix various security issues.

Insecure permissions on "/dev/dri" has been fixed.

A vulnerability allowing users to read and write arbitrary shared memory has been fixed.

A vulnerability allowing malicious people to connect the to the X server if "authComplain" is false and the xdm auth directory doesn't exist has been fixed.

Escape sequences in Xterm could be used to manipulate the user. For more information see:
http://secunia.com/advisories/8146/

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